A captured ship declared by sentence of the admiralty court to be lawful prize. But the transfer of a prize vessel carried into a neutral port, and sold without a condemnation, or the authority of any judicial proceedings, is null and void.
·noun The state of being condemned. II. Condemnation ·noun The ground or reason of condemning. III...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun Condemnation of one's self by one's own judgment. ...